Chapter 344 If you ask for the best, you will get the best, if you ask for the middle, you will get the lower.
"Father."
Cai Yong was directing his servants to carry the belongings to the carriage. When he heard a call from behind, he turned around and looked up at Ma Di, and said with a pleasant expression: "Well, it's Di'er. What's the matter with my son?"
"Um...it's nothing." Ma Di bowed his waist slightly, trying to reduce his height so that Cai Yong could look at him levelly.
As soon as he saw Ma Su's expression, Cai Yong knew that his adopted son had something to do, so he tapped him a few times with his fingers, went to the study room with his hands behind his back, waited for Ma Su to follow, then stroked his beard and asked, "Speak of your mind, what's the matter?"
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Cai Yong still doted on this smart, studious, well-behaved and sensible adopted son. In any case, he could be considered a son of old age.
Ma Su casually thought of a reason and asked: "Father, I recently read the Analects of Confucius and found a sentence: If you take it from above, you will get it from within; if you take it from below, you will get it from below; if you take it from below, you will get nothing.
Yes. I don’t know how to explain it?”
Speaking of this, Cai Yong became energetic, stroking his beard and patiently explained: "The meaning of this sentence is that if a person sets a high goal, even if it is not completed in the end, it is still possible to reach a medium level; and if a person sets a high goal, it is still possible to reach a medium level;
A medium goal can reach a low level even if it is not completed in the end; if a low goal is set, nothing can be achieved."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Ma Su nodded repeatedly and suddenly changed the topic: "Father, can we not go to Luoyang?"
When he said this, Ma Di stood with one foot in the door and one foot outside. He was extremely cautious, lest he spoke loudly or acted wildly, causing Cai Yong to lose his temper. If he held him down, he would be beaten.
Stir-fried meat.
Over the years, although he was well-behaved and sensible in front of Cai Yong, he still received many beatings.
This era seems to be particularly popular with the saying "If you don't fight, you will be useless. The more you fight, the more successful you will be." On weekdays, Cai Yong only needs to be at home or drinking some wine. He doesn't care whether Ma Su is well-behaved or sensible. It depends on him.
If he didn't like it, he would press her down on her legs, take off her pants and beat her hard on her buttocks.
That is to say, since last year, Ma Di has grown rapidly, and Cai Yong can no longer hold back his adopted son, so he has to avoid a lot of troubles.
In recent years, Ma Su has been shadowed by Cai Yong.
Therefore, when he proposed to Cai Yong this time, he kept one foot outside the door.
Seeing that the situation was not good, he ran away.
A good man will not be beaten before his eyes.
Cai Yong glanced at Ma Su's weird posture and almost laughed out loud. He pretended to be serious and said with a straight face: "Oh, why did Su'er ask this?"
Hearing that Cai Yong's words seemed to be about taking a test, Ma Di thought about it and said: "Actually, if my adoptive father stays in Yanzhou, he can also serve the country. The governor Liu Dai is quite famous and has won the hearts of the people. It is better for his adopted father to stay in his hometown."
Quit serving as an official?"
"It's difficult, it's difficult." Cai Yong shook his head and sighed: "My son doesn't know something. He has been studying for his father all his life and is not good at governing the people. There is no place for his father to write in Yanzhou. Only when he arrived in Luoyang, under the command of the emperor,
Only then can you apply what you have learned throughout your life.”
This is true.
Looking at the positions held by Cai Yong in the original time and space, in the early days, he held the positions of Situ Tu, Chief of Heping, Langzhong, Yilang, etc. After Dong Zhuo came to power, he changed it to offering wine, serving the censor, governing the book, serving the censor, minister, and ministering.
, Zuo Zhonglang and other ranks, known as "Cai Zhonglang" in the world.
All these positions highlight the principle of "use your words but not your hands."
"Oh..." Ma Su nodded, as if he suddenly remembered something, "Yes, the post of governor is very suitable for the adoptive father..."
Another name for the governor's inspection is Duyou.
Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty divided the country into 13 supervisory areas, the world has been divided into thirteen prefectures, namely Ji, Yan, Henan, Qing, Xu, You, Bing, Liang, Jing, Yang, Yi, Shuofang, and Jiaozhi (Gyeonggi).
The seven nearby counties are Sili Xiaowei Department (as a separate supervision area). Each state dispatches a governor to patrol the headquarters in August every year to supervise local officials and powerful officials. At the end of the year, he goes to the capital to report to the imperial censor Zhongcheng. This is
The governor at that time was a supervisor, with a rank of 600 shi, which was lower than the rank of a county governor of 2000 shi. At this time, the prefecture was only a supervisory district, not a local administrative district.
In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu invaded the south, abolished Shuofang Prefecture, and changed Jiaozhi Prefecture to Jiaozhou. At the same time, the governor's powers were strengthened. For example, at the end of the year, the governor himself did not have to go to the capital to perform affairs, and could be replaced by his subordinates. Therefore, the governor had a fixed place of governance in the local area.
His powers are not limited to supervision, but also the power to depose and become the superior of the county governor.
But after all, the governor governs the officials but not the people and does not participate in local administration, so the state still belongs to the supervisory area and is not considered a local administrative agency.
After the Yellow Turban Uprising, everything was troubled. In order to effectively suppress the Yellow Turban Army, the imperial court accepted Liu Yan's suggestion and promoted some governors to the title of Zhoumu, giving them civil and military powers. The governors and Zhoumu combined civil, military, and supervisory powers into one body.
However, he could use all his strength to suppress the resurgent Yellow Turban Army, which was known in history as "Zhou Mu came out of town".
Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, was killed by the Yellow Turbans when he led his army to annihilate the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans.
Therefore, as the governor, Liu Dai is currently the undisputed boss of Yanzhou. Qiao Mao, the governor of Rudong County, and Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei Province, are all officials directly subordinate to Liu Dai. If they are disobedient, Liu Dai can directly remove them.
, or even execution.
Since Liu Hong only launched the "state herders out of town" policy at the end of last year, giving the governor and state herders military and political power. Therefore, Liu Dai has not yet equipped the administrative team that the governor should have. He only has Cheng Yu as a civil servant, and only Yu Jin as a military general.
Bao Xin was the Prime Minister of Jibei and did not usually stay under Liu Dai's command.
In other words, there was a huge talent gap under Liu Dai, and the post of postal supervisor was very suitable for Cai Yong.
The only bad thing is that the postal supervisor's position is somewhat low.
After all, the governor is only an official with a salary of 600 dan, and he is also an official subordinate to the governor; while the censor and Yilang are paid 2,000 dan, and they are the emperor.
Which one is higher and which one is lower is clear at a glance.
People go to higher places and water flows to lower places. It is understandable that Cai Yong wanted to enter the court and become an official instead of staying in Yanzhou.
"Supervisor of postal services?" Cai Yong laughed, "My son is really good at joking. He was the censor before his father was dismissed from office. How did Yilang manage to be the postal supervisor?"
"There is no distinction between high and low official positions. They all serve the people..." Ma Di muttered and then said:
"Father, it's a long way to Luoyang, and the world is not peaceful. Can Sister Yan and I stay in Chenliu's hometown?"
Cai Yong's face became solemn and he scolded: "You two are staying in Chenliu. How can your father be at ease? This time the whole family will go together!"
"Then foster father, how about you, my little sister, and Brother Wei Shi go first? Can Sister Yan and I come later?"
After a pause, Ma Su added: "Just leave half of the servants to protect us. My sister and I will arrive in Luoyang no later than the fifteenth day."
"Well, that's it..." Cai Yong hesitated.
Ma Di continued, "Sister doesn't want to go with Brother Shi." After saying that, seeing Cai Yong's eyebrows twitching, he was about to get angry, and quickly added: "I don't want to go with Brother Shi either."
Speaking of which, the Wei family in Hedong was the descendant of the famous general Wei Qing and the famous Wei Zifu, and their reputation spread far and wide. Wei Zhongdao was also the second son of the Wei family, with a respected status, and he was a close match with Cai Yan.
But if both his son and daughter object to this marriage, Cai Yong will have to consider it even though he has no choice but to consider it.
After all, he is already old, and he will have to rely on his adopted son to take care of the affairs of the family in the future. It is rare for Ma Su to be so independent, and it is difficult to refute the face of this adopted son.
Seeing that Cai Yong was silent, Ma Su thought that his words had offended Cai Yong, so he quickly laughed and said.
"If my adoptive father doesn't agree, just pretend I didn't say anything. Then I'll leave first..." Ma Su was about to run away.
"stop!"
"return!"
Cai Yong first called Ma Su back with a cold face, and then said: "No more than ten days..."
"Okay! Thank you stepfather!"
Ma Su cheered and ran away. The 1.78 meter tall man jumped away like an eight-year-old child.
Cai Yong shook his head and laughed, and murmured to himself: "If you ask for the top, you will get the middle, if you ask for the middle, you will get the bottom, if you ask for the bottom, you will get nothing... Hiss, stop leaving!"
